ABT vs DXCM vs PFE Stock Comparison

Abbott Laboratories, Dexcom and Pfizer Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ABT Abbott Laboratories
$104.57 +3.6% 1M -16.0% 1Y
Market cap
$180.95B
P/E
38.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.23B
Div. yield
2.41%
Medical Devices Healthcare
2 wins
DXCM Dexcom Inc
$79.93 -7.7% 1M +17.2% 1Y
Market cap
$29.81B
P/E
30.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.10B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins
PFE Pfizer Inc
$29.95 +4.2% 1M +23.3% 1Y
Market cap
$170.71B
P/E
39.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$63.70B
Div. yield
5.74%
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Dexcom leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Dexcom 4, Pfizer 4, Abbott Laboratories 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABTDXCMPFELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $180.95B $29.81B $170.71B ABT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.7x 30.2x 39.4x DXCM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.4x 28.2x 10.5x PFE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.0% +13.0% -0.2% DXCM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 19.4% 6.8% DXCM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 13.4% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1.9x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.41% — 5.74% PFE
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.0% +17.2% +23.3% PFE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.1%/yr -12.5%/yr -7.3%/yr ABT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.5% 40.7% 21.7% PFE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 75/100 65/100 DXCM

Percentile Scorecard

ABTDXCMPFE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisABTDXCMPFE
Valuation 73 #63 of 227 70 #69 of 227 95 #34 of 624
Growth 18 #178 of 218 82 #40 of 218 24 #458 of 601
Profitability – 99 #3 of 202 92 #45 of 541
Financial Health – 34 #155 of 233 23 #500 of 647
Shareholder Returns 89 #15 of 130 88 #16 of 130 92 #30 of 359
Overall 60 75 65
  • ABT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • DXCM ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • PFE ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodABTDXCMPFESPY
1 month +3.6%-7.7%+4.2% +0.7%
3 months -1.0%+7.2%+20.2% +3.7%
6 months +15.2%+34.2%+12.2% +7.1%
Year to date -16.5%+20.4%+20.3% +12.8%
1 year -16.0%+17.2%+23.3% +11.9%
3 years +12.4%-5.9%-2.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year +4.0%-2.0%-0.7% +22.8%
5 years -18.9%-48.7%-31.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year -4.1%-12.5%-7.3% +10.9%
10 years +164.5%+317.0%-6.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year +10.2%+15.3%-0.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureABTDXCMPFESPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.5%40.7%21.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.5%40.3%21.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.010.640.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.580.421.08 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.6%-66.3%-64.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.9%-13.4%-1.5% -1.2%
52-week high $130.59$92.34$30.41 $779.14
52-week low $82.56$54.84$23.67 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleABTDXCMPFE
P/E now vs peer median 38.7xmedian 28.7x 30.2xmedian 28.7x 39.4xmedian 17.8x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 3.0x 5.8xmedian 3.0x 2.7xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.8x 18.7xmedian 17.8x 8.2xmedian 15.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.3xmedian 26.4x 27.1xmedian 26.4x 15.5xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.4x 11.8xmedian 2.4x 2.0xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -13.03median 0.99 0.70median 0.99 -0.95median 0.35

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsABTDXCMPFE
Revenue $48.23B $5.10B $63.70B
Gross profit – $3.24B $46.61B
Operating income $6.65B $1.22B $20.39B
Net income – $991.00M $4.36B
Free cash flow – $1.10B $10.99B
R&D $3.31B $608.10M $11.05B
EPS (diluted) $2.70 $2.58 $0.76
Cash & equivalents – $961.40M $976.00M
Total debt – – $63.19B
Shares (diluted) 1.74B 383.50M 5.70B
Enterprise value $180.95B $21.64B $117.65B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricABTDXCMPFE
P/E 38.7x 30.2x 39.4x
P/FCF 22.3x 27.1x 15.5x
P/Operating cash flow – 21.1x 12.7x
P/S 3.8x 5.8x 2.7x
P/B – 11.8x 2.0x
P/Tangible book – 12.2x 4.4x
EV/EBITDA – 18.7x 8.2x
EV/EBIT – 22.9x 10.9x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 5.5x 3.5x
EV/FCF – 25.5x 20.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 19.8x 16.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -13.03 0.70 -0.95

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABTDXCMPFE
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.0% 13.0% -0.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 14.5% -7.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 21.5% 1.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 14.2% -5.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -13.8% 57.4% 1.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 34.2% -9.9%
Net income growth (1Y) – 37.5% -59.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 38.0% -41.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -66.2% 46.1% -59.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 43.0% -41.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -2.3% -11.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 23.7% -2.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 3.4% -11.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 30.0% 1.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABTDXCMPFE
Gross margin – 63.4% 73.2%
EBITDA margin – 29.4% 42.4%
Operating margin – 24.0% 32.0%
Pretax margin – 24.7% 6.6%
Net margin – 19.4% 6.8%
FCF margin – 21.5% 17.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 27.7% 21.0%
Return on equity – 38.4% 5.0%
Return on assets – 15.6% 2.1%
Return on invested capital – – 13.4%
Return on capital employed – 29.9% 11.9%
Asset turnover – 0.8x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.4x 3.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 3.0% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABTDXCMPFE
Debt / assets – – 31.4%
Debt / equity – – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1.9x
Debt / FCF – – 5.8x
Liabilities / assets – 59.4% 57.5%
Equity / assets – 40.6% 42.5%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio – 1.7x 1.3x
Quick ratio – 1.3x 0.7x
Cash ratio – 0.8x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – 7.32 2.37

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABTDXCMPFE
Dividend yield 2.4% – 5.7%
Net buyback yield – 2.3% –
Shareholder yield 2.4% 2.3% 5.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 224.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 89.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 1.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 2.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusABTDXCMPFE
Forward P/E 18.4xFY2026 28.2xFY2026 10.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.69FY2026 $2.83FY2026 $2.85FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.5%FY2026 +35.4%FY2026 -11.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.4% +4.9% -4.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $53.00BFY2026 $5.08BFY2026 $60.59BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026 -3.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.2% +16.6% +3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABTDXCMPFE
Held by institutions 79.2% 100.0% 66.9%
Institutions holding 2,981 976 2,837
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% +6.3% +2.0%
Institutions buying 1,260 521 1,326
Institutions selling 1,378 344 1,204
Buyers to sellers 0.91 1.51 1.10

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ABTDXCMPFE
ABT 1.00 0.29 0.21
DXCM 0.29 1.00 0.10
PFE 0.21 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABT, DXCM and PFE?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) $180.95B, Dexcom (DXCM) $29.81B, Pfizer (PFE) $170.71B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABT, DXCM and PFE?

Dexcom (DXCM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 38.7x, Dexcom (DXCM) 30.2x, Pfizer (PFE) 39.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pfizer (PFE) is cheapest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 18.4x, Dexcom (DXCM) 28.2x, Pfizer (PFE) 10.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Dexcom (DXCM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) +10.0%, Dexcom (DXCM) +13.0%, Pfizer (PFE) -0.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Dexcom (DXCM) has the highest net margin (Dexcom (DXCM) 19.4%, Pfizer (PFE) 6.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Pfizer (PFE) returned the most: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -16.0%, Dexcom (DXCM) +17.2%, Pfizer (PFE) +23.3%. Over five years, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) compounded fastest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -4.1%/yr, Dexcom (DXCM) -12.5%/yr, Pfizer (PFE) -7.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pfizer (PFE) has the highest dividend yield: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 2.41%, Pfizer (PFE) 5.74%. Dexcom (DXCM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pfizer (PFE) has been the steadiest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 27.5%, Dexcom (DXCM) 40.7%, Pfizer (PFE) 21.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABT, DXCM and PFE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Dexcom (DXCM) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.